ODESSA - The ACTOR Project

ODESSA (Orchestral Distribution Effects in Sound, Space and Acoustics): An Orchestral Recording for the Study of Orchestral Blending

ODESSA is a collaborative project between the Université de Montréal, McGill University and Detmold Music, realized in the context of the ACTOR partnership. With the aim to study orchestral blending effects, a joint music production and evaluation of an orchestral recording has been realized at Salle Claude-Champagne on September 29-30, 2018, with the Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal (OUM) under the direction of conductor Jean-Francois Rivest and Tonmeister Prof. Martha de Francisco, with a team of students from Detmold and Montreal realizing a multimicrophone recording, as well as acoustical research activities by Prof. Malte Kob. Prof. Rivest led the student orchestra in a rehearsal session of Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, the “Pathétique”. Excerpts of the work were recorded in the full orchestral setting and in variable combinations of single instruments, partial or complete orchestral sections performing together, which allowed to illustrate timbre blending between the groups.

https://www.actorproject.org/odessa
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CHERCHEUR(E)S / RESEARCHERS
Jean-François Rivest, Prof., OUM Artistic Director. Maestro (Université de Montréal)
Martha de Francisco, Prof., Tonmeister (McGill University)
Malte Kob, Prof., Room Acoustics (Detmold University of Music)
Caroline Traube, Prof., Musical Acoustics/Psychoacoustics (Université de Montréal)
Stephen McAdams, Prof., Director of the ACTOR partnership. and Executive producer (McGill University)

AUXILIAIRES DE RECHERCHE / RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Jack Kelly, Doctoral student in Sound Recording (McGill University)
Diego Quiroz, Doctoral student in Sound Recording (McGill University)
Stefanos Ioannaou, B. Mus. student in Musikübertragung/Tonmeister (Detmold University of Music)
Noëlle Byer, Master’s student in Sound Recording (McGill University)
Ricardo Morejón, Master’s student in Sound Recording (McGill University)
Hyunjoung Yang, Master’s student in Sound Recording (McGill University)
Kit Soden, Doctoral student in Composition - ACTOR Research assistant (McGill University)

MUSICIEN(NE)S / MUSICIANS
L’Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal (OUM)
Guillaume Villeneuve, Associate Concertmaster (OUM)
Geoffroy Michaud-Beaulieu, Violin 1 (OUM)
Anne-Marie Garand, Piccolo & Flute (OUM)
Jérémi Desjardins, Associate Principal Cello (OUM)

ÉQUIPE TECHNIQUE / TECHNICAL TEAM
Isabelle Gagnon, Orchestra Manager (OUM)
Kevin Gironnay, Technical director of the ODESSA project (Université de Montréal)
Raphaël Néron Baribeau, CFI project coordinator (Université de Montréal)
Onil Brousseau, Event production coordinator at Salle Claude-Champagne (Université de Montréal)
Sébastien Besson, Production technicians at Salle Claude-Champagne (Université de Montréal)
Serge Pelletier, Production technicians at Salle Claude-Champagne (Université de Montréal)
Jean-Michel Dumas, Secteur multimedia - Coordinator (Université de Montréal)
Vincent Fillion, Secteur multimedia - Technician (Université de Montréal)
Julien Boissinot, CIRMMT, technical director (McGill University)
Sylvain Pohu, CIRMMT, event production (McGill University)

ÉQUIPE DE DOCUMENTATION VIDÉO / VIDEO DOCUMENTATION TEAM
Michel Duchesneau, Prof., Sociomusicology, OICRM Director (Université de Montréal)
Irina Kirchberg, Postdoctoral fellow in Mediation of Music, Documentation team coordinator (Université de Montréal/OICRM)
Héloïse Rouleau, Master’s student in musicology, Research assistant, Video documentation & Video editing (Université de Montréal/OICRM)
Hugo St-Denis, B. Mus. in composition, Research assistant, Video documentation (Université de Montréal/OICRM)
Fanny Bertomeu, DESS in Mediation, Research assistant, Video documentation (Université de Montréal/OICRM)
Marc-Antoine Boutin, Doctoral student in Musicology, Research assistant, Video documentation (Université de Montréal/OICRM)

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